diff --git a/scripts/integration-setup.sh b/scripts/integration-setup.sh
index 06044ce..cd2b096 100755
--- a/scripts/integration-setup.sh
+++ b/scripts/integration-setup.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+# Build and deploy a stack with only the parts we need
 
-set -eux
+set -ex
 
 cluster="${1:-test}"
 laconic_so="${LACONIC_SO:-laconic-so} --stack fixturenet-plugeth-tx --verbose"
@@ -13,13 +14,14 @@ export CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR="${CERC_REPO_BASE_DIR:-$(realpath $(git rev-parse --sh
 # v5 migrations only go up to version 18
 echo CERC_STATEDIFF_DB_GOOSE_MIN_VER=18 >> $CONFIG_DIR/stack.env
 
-# Build and deploy a cluster with only what we need from the stack
-$laconic_so setup-repositories \
-    --exclude github.com/dboreham/foundry,github.com/cerc-io/tx-spammer,github.com/cerc-io/ipld-eth-server,git.vdb.to/cerc-io/plugeth,git.vdb.to/cerc-io/plugeth-statediff \
-    --branches-file ./test/stack-refs.txt
+if [[ -z $SKIP_BUILD ]]; then
+    $laconic_so setup-repositories \
+        --exclude github.com/dboreham/foundry,github.com/cerc-io/tx-spammer,github.com/cerc-io/ipld-eth-server,git.vdb.to/cerc-io/plugeth,git.vdb.to/cerc-io/plugeth-statediff \
+        --branches-file ./test/stack-refs.txt
 
-$laconic_so build-containers \
-    --exclude cerc/ipld-eth-server,cerc/keycloak,cerc/tx-spammer,cerc/foundry,cerc/plugeth,cerc/plugeth-statediff
+    $laconic_so build-containers \
+        --exclude cerc/ipld-eth-server,cerc/keycloak,cerc/tx-spammer,cerc/foundry,cerc/plugeth,cerc/plugeth-statediff
+fi
 
 $laconic_so deploy \
     --exclude foundry,keycloak,tx-spammer,ipld-eth-server \